2007-06-25 10:04:49 · 11 answers · asked by john l 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
Trompe L'Oeil is to fool u'r eye... which u could do on furniture but if u'r looking to chg it up to look like wood or something else... walls or furniture.... then it's faux finishing...
2007-06-25 11:34:37 · answer #1 · answered by Aj~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are talking about an optical illusion, for example, when you paint a window or a door so realistically that you'd swear you could open it, it is (phonetically) tromp loy. I don't know how to spell it either!
Then there is faux, another French word where you use paint to create a fake surface, such as the lines in marble, or a woodgrain technique, or grassy texture.
I don't know what you are speaking of in particular.
2007-06-25 20:17:04 · answer #2 · answered by musicimprovedme 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may be referring to trompe l'oeil
Pronunciation: (")tromp-'l&-E, trOnp-'l[oe]i
it is a style of painting in which objects are depicted with photographically realistic detail; this is also a technique used in interior decorating
2007-06-25 17:09:58 · answer #3 · answered by Bama V 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean the optical illusion type, like false perspective (fake windows with fake landscapes beyond)?
They're called "trompe l'oeil"
2007-06-25 17:13:01 · answer #4 · answered by Efnissien 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tromp d'oleil. I think it means something about fooling the eye.
2007-06-25 17:07:42 · answer #5 · answered by Suze N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
flure de lis or Trompe l'oeil
2007-06-25 17:23:46 · answer #6 · answered by fuzzykitty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tromp l'oeil (and that's probably not spelled right)
2007-06-25 17:08:26 · answer #7 · answered by sortaclarksville 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frescoes? or frescos
2007-06-25 17:07:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
faux
2007-06-25 17:07:24 · answer #9 · answered by D. Bronco 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Le Barf.
2007-06-25 17:07:01 · answer #10 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋